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Boro Council Gets Pile Of Bids,
Defers Awards; No Cruiser Offer
Bids were received at Dallas
Borough Council meeting . Tuesday
t on several items advertised,
including a tractor-loader, truck,
and paving materials, but no bid
on police cruiser came through.
Decision on how to award con-
tracts was postponed by Council
president Harold Brobst until May
25, a special meeting with the
Planning Commission, which will be
closed to the public. Such a closed
meeting is termed meeting as a
“committee of the whole.”
L. L. Richardson, local Dodge
dealer, told Council he had a bid on
the steciieations for police cruiser,
submitted from Detroit, but at the
last minute he noticed the bid was
based on a shorter wheelbase (two
inches shy), and the home office
could not get him another bid soon
enough. His would have been the
only bid submitted.
Council is re-advertising bids for
the cruiser, to be opened at the
June meeting. Dale Parry, Mathers’
Construction, * American Asphalt,
and Evans Asphalt all bid in part
or whole on paving materials, and
American Asphalt and Airport Sand
and Gravel on stone and gravel;
International Salt was lone bidder
. salt; Mathers was lone bidder,
/ $17.50 an hour, on a paving
machine, furnished and operated;
bidders on the truck were Richard-
S| iN and International Harvester,
T trade, the former at $7200 for
a four-wheel drive vehicle, the lat-
ter at $7095 fwd and $7059 twd;
three bids were received on the
loader, from Emmanuel, Highway
Equipment and Supply, and Scran-
ton Tractor and Supply, bids to be
studied from standpoint of cost,
type of machine, and whether new
or second-hand.
In other business, discussion cen-
tered around health problems posed
by drainage, septic tanks, and the
creek, and miscellaneous admini-
strative problems.
Lighting improvements to the
tune of $52 a month increase over
present bill were considered for
Memorial Highway, from one end
of the borough to the other.
Councilman George Thomas said
Qc had stopped at Kirby Health
‘Center recently and asked whose
hy the drainage prob-
em caused by overflowing septic
tanks is.” He said the authorities
there indicated that prosecution of
drainage violators should emanate
from the borough officials them-
selves, but there was no elaboration
as to what laws would be effective.
“Do we have a nuisance law?”
Thomas asked.
He also drew attention to blasting
operations on Sterling Avenue, and
asked if there were a permit issued
for this.
Council was divided as to whether
drainage offenses were a state or
municipal problem, and Thomas said
the matter was not clarified much
at the health center,
intended to pursue it until he found
out.” Brobst said the borough was
in possession of a letter from the
state saying the state would hence-
forth have jurisdiction over all
halth problems in this respect.
Back Mountain Area
Embulance Loghook
DALLAS COMMUNITY
Dallas Community ambulance
took E. Kyttle, Lincoln Street, to
Nesbitt Hospital Sunday morning,
Gil Morris, Robert Besecker, and
Ed Roth attending.
LAKE TOWNSHIP
Lake ambulance took Peter De-
Janey, Alderson, to Nesbitt Hos-
pital, Lee Zimmerman, John Sten-
ger, and Jim McCaffrey attending,
on Thursday, May 6.
Also on Thursday, Bruce Moss,
west corner Lake, was taken to
Mercy Hospital, Zimmerman, Stenger
and McCaffrey as crew.
‘William Murphy,
was taken to Mercy on Sunday,
Stenger and McCaffrey attending.
Yesterday, Peter Delaney was
brought home from Nesbitt, Sten-
ger and McCaffrey as crew.
FRANKLIN-NORTHMORELAND
Franklin - Northmoreland ambu-
Mice brought David Perry home
rom Nesbitt Hospital, Otto Harz-
dorf, Rev. William Watson, and
Doris Bedferd ag crew.
KINGSTON TOWNSHIP
Kingston Township ambulance
took Carl Schuler, Trucksville, to
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville,
Thursday, Harry Smith and Andy
Roan attending.
Mrs. R. Rees, Orchard Street, |
Trucksville, was taken to Nesbitt
Hospital on Thursday, Smith and P. |
Dailey attending. -
On Sunday, Carl Altemus, R D 3
Wyoming, was taken from accident
scene, top of Center Street, to Nes-
bitt Hospital, Walter Davis,
Youngblood, and Jack Lasher as
crew.
NOXEN COMMUNITY
Noxen ambulance took Leroy
Hess to General Hospital on Sun- |
day, Earl Crispell and Bob Clark
attending.
Edith Reese was brought from |
General to the home “of Beatrice
Dymond on Tuesday, Elvin Bean,
Bill Crossman, and John MacMillan
as crew,
but that he!
Park Street, |
Joe |
A resident of Sterling Avenue in-
quired of Council what it intended
to do about an inroad made in his
lawn during road operations and
drainage control, if anything. Was
the borough going to fill with top-
50il or should he do it himself?
Council said he should do it him-
self.
Building permits in amount of
$58.82 were issued on $50,536 worth
of building in the borough, includ-
ing several houses.
Fireworks At
Dallas District
Board Session
Andy Takes Bitter
Exception To An
Rpril 13th Letter
Dallas School board meeting
Tuesday evening was enlivened by |
a series of minor explosions, with
one small rocket fired by a specta-
tor.
Whether he did or did not want
school play apparatus jettisoned be-
cause a child had scraped her knees
on the school grounds at Trucks-
ville, was not immediately apparent.
Racket made by school buses was
deplored by another spectator, who
stated that his sleep was disturbed
at 9 a.m. The matter was referred
to Andrew Kozemchak, chairman of
the transportation committee.
The real smoke bomb was hurled
when Mr. Kozemchak read a letter
addressed to Mrs. Ann Vernon, in
rebuttal of a letter read by her at
the April board meeting.
Mr. Kozemchak took bitter ex-
ception to everything in Mrs. Ver-
non'’s letter, published almost in its
entirety in the Dallas Post of April
15. He questioned an expenditure
of $176.04 incurred by the superin-
tendent, travel to Atlantic City and
Harrisburg authorized by the Board.
The. Dallas Post advised Mr. Ko-
zemchak three weeks ago that his
letter; though an honest expression
of opinion, was not in its present
form acceptable for the columns
of Safety-Valve, and advised 'dele-
tion of two paragraphs. These were
not deleted.
It also advised Mr. Kozemchak
that issuing such a letter in Safety
Valve would place him in an un-
favorable light, could result in an
action for slander, and urged him
to reconsider. It offered to run the
material as a paid political adver-:
tisement.
It further
duce his letter
sentials, send it to Mrs. Vernon
in person, or through appropriate
channels to the directorate.
Mr. Kozemchak stated that he
represented a large majority of the
voters, as evidenced by the plurality
which elected him.
Quoting from his letter: “It is
my duty, and a mandate from the
people, to look after the expendi-
tures -of all tax moneys. Do not
| these people have the right of hon-
est dissent?”
Jack Stanley, board president,
and Dr. Robert Mellman, superin-
| tendent answered that all bills and
vouchers could, as always, be ex-
amined by any member of the
board.
Also, that they had listened to a
great deal of dissent, as the com-
ing Primaries soared to fever pitch,
and feelings ran high.
Mr. Kozemchak distributed Xerox
copies of his letter to members of
the press, and the meeting re-
sumed.
Educational TV was approved, at
a cost of $1 per pupil. The board
saw the program as either a huge
i success or a. complete flop.
Receipts from tax gatherers
amounted to $12,764.82.
George Michael Daru, Wilkes-
Barre Township, was employed as a
| temporary professional employee,
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Mortgage -° burning ceremonies
were conducted at George M. Dal-
las Lodge 531, F.&A.M., last week;
with ‘165 members in attendance. |
Fourteen past masters of the
lodge were “present at ‘the: event, '
held May 3. 2
The - Mascnic hall was built: in!
| the
1952 at. ‘a cost of $90,000. .1t- was |
occupied ‘on. New Years Eve, with
membership toting furniture
appurtenances, up to the new ad-
dress on. Mdin Street from the old |
hall in the! I00F building; which
houses Kuehn’s Drug Store.
At: the meeting last week, the |
| presently
membership also - celebrated
ninetieth anniversary
being in Dallas. Worshipful Master
is = Robert Stepéenson.
Thomas Robinson was Worshipful |
Master at the time of building. First |
in |
| person to receive his degree
suggested that he a
to the prime es-'
over-riding action taken at the
April meeting which named him as
a full-time substitute.
B.S. from Mansfield with a major
He holds a |
in chemistry and a minor in mathe- |
| matics.
Two men of high calibre who have
| been attracted to Dallas Schools by
its reputation for willingness to ex-
| ‘periment, have been employed. Both
are versed in modern mathematics.
| They are Edward S. Augustine, |
| Nanticoke, and Fdward J. Hetzel, |
Kingston.
Miners National Bank was named
depository; Joseph E. Slamon, ac-
countant; Mr. W. B. Jeter,
urer; Atty. Jonathan Valentine, so-
| licitor; Mrs. Harriet Stahl, board
secretary.
A list of 200 senior students sub-
mitted by W. 'F. Trimble, High |
School principal, was approved for |
graduation.
Permission was granted to Dr.
| Mellman and William A. Austin to |
| attend the Annual Conference of |
School Administrators at Pennsyl- |
vania State University, July 11 to |
15th.
| two afternoon sessions,
treas- |
Shown with primitive art entries
at Back Mountain Memorial Library |
are Mrs. J. B. Marshall, Mrs. Donn
Innes, and Mrs. Richard Paterson.
Children’s Day May 23 at Fine
Arts Fiesta in the Public Square, |
Wilkes-Barre, will be observed with
afternoon program starting ‘at 1,
ending with announcement of Chil-
dren’s Sidewalk Art Exhibit win-
ners. |
Entries from this area will be
accepted at the Library. Eligible
are children from 5 to 11 years old.
One painting only per child, crayon,
oil, pastels, water-colors. Elemen-
tary school teachers have specifi-
cations. Friday May 21, is the
deadline for entry. |
A Quick Round-up After Caddie’s
| Art Exhibit chairman.
Children's Day At The Fine Arts Fiesta,
Children’s ‘Day is sponsored by
the Junior «League: Mrs. Innes,
chairman, Mrs. Marshall her assis-
tant and Mrs. Richard Paterson,
A former resident of the area,
Mrs. Harry Schooley, is = General
Program’ Chairman for the annual
event, May 20 through May 24.
Mrs. Stefan Hellersperk is cos- |
tume chairman, and announcer for
the first day; Mrs. Robert Crayton
has the rag-doll exhibit; Mrs. LeRoy
Brown, -rug-hooking; Miss Nancy
Day, assistant program chairman;
Marlon Frantz, West Side Flower |
Exhibit. |
Children’s. Day will include a
Punch and Judy Show by Alfred
Umpteenth Hit; Plans Second Dog
Caddie LaBar hesitates to guess!
that he has been robbed 40 times |
in the last ten years, but it is a
fact that his gun display over the |
years has drawn more crooks than |
a porch light draws bugs on a hot |
summer ‘night
What the total, Caddie esti-!
mates, the highway sporting goods
stere has been hit as much as three |
or four times in a year. Once it}
was robbed three times in one
month. i
This
ever
week, little time elapsed be- |
tween a breaking and entering, |
theft of guns, cash, and trading |
stamps, and the arrest of two sus-
vects, in Wilkes-Barre. One of the
youths turned out to be none other!
| thana former neighbor, 19-year-old
i Larry Britton, who lived with his!
family on Wyoming Avenue, Dallas,
until not too long agc when they |
| moved to Wilkes-Barre.
The other boy is Lewis Walters, |
16, Elizabeth - Street, City, with
whom Britton, police said, drove to
Caddie’s in a a stolen car, crawled
lin a small rear basement window,
| locked a watchdog in the stock- |
room, and stole four pistols, three |
rifles, and two shotguns, as well as!
other booty, Saturday night.
Caddie has not had pistols
| in stock sinc he was robbed
last fall. Only a week ago,
taking a chance, he put some in.
Asked - if he thought there was!
some pre-knowledge involved here,
| Caddie told the Post that anyone !
| Dr. Mellman will be chairman of | | who came into the store as a‘ cus- | loch, who investigated initially.
| tomer could have seen that he had
| against
| when he was tied behind the store.
pistols in stock again.
Mecre seriously still, the boys al-
legedly attempted an ‘armed rob-
bery, which they admitted, on Jo-
seph Pikas, Welles Street, Wilkes-
Barre, and a girl friend, as they
rode through Kirby Park Monday
night, firing guns into the ground
to scare them, but a passing car
interrupted the scene.
Guns had been hidden in Wilkes-
Barre, in Jackson Township, and
: one in a Carey Avenue parking lot,
found Monday afternoon by a play-
ing boy, was the first contact the
state police had with the gang after
the robbery.
Description furnished by wit-
nesses, both in the robbery attempt, |
allegedly, by Britton to sell some
i guns in the city, matched, and po-
lice picked him up for questioning.
He implicated Walters.
BURGLAR ALARM
Caddie says he will get either a
second dog or a burglar alarm sys-
tem for the store. His present
dog, he notes, is good protection
adults,” but seems to be
afraid of youths. Some time ago,
some wboys intimidated the dog
Although the guns were recover-
ed, the green stamps, by early this
week, were not. The boys said they
lost them while crossing Toby's
| Creek. A sum of $49.77, out of the
| cash drawer, was also still missing.
State police were aided by Assist-
ant Police Chief Alexander McCul-
the { the
of the lodge |
new building
Morris. *
‘was
Largest attendance at a meeting | by (left to right):
was in 1957, a visitation night,
total of 1265.
| shipful Master.
a
In the above picture is the mem- |
THE DALLAS POST
Melvin | bership,
Ted Wilson was Wor- |
TWO EASY TO REMEMBER
Telephone Numbers
674-5656 674-7676
A Er.
VOL. 76, NO. 19. THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1965
Dallas Masons Burn Mortgage On Ninetieth Anniversary
L-L Jointure
Jumps Gun To
Reduce Board
Membership Down
To Nine Directors
As Of July First
Lake-Lehman Jointure played it
cagey last week by reducing its
directorate to nine members in ad-
vance of its acceptance by Depart-
ment of Public Instruction in Harris-
burg as a third-class school dis-
trict.
Lester B. Squier met with his di-
rectors in the office of Wesley
Davies, to work out a plan which
would insure Lake-Lehman retain-
ing ‘its identity during the forth-
coming mandated reorganization of
school districts.
The law requires nine directors
for a school district. Lake-Lehman
started with 25 members, which by
process of attrition were reduced
| to a smaller number. One director
| from Lake Township, Richard
| Stroud, had resigned as of last
| month.
: ; | Members voted.
: witnessing the mortgage- | In Jackson . Township, Vernon
[ burning, which is being carried out Cease, long-time member, also John
Floyd J. Thomp- | pielding and Richard Hogoboom
Sons past master of the year 1918, were out. Remaining, Edgar Lash-
Ted Wilson, chairman of the cere- | ford and’ Michael SHmal
1921 and W. B. Jeter, past master | In Lehman, William Naugle, Shel-
don Ehret, and Barbara Vivian were
photo hy Rezemehak | out. Elected were Dean Shaver and
by 11day, May 23
Gr at 2 p.m. a band concert by |
the prize-winn ing Lake-Lehman |
band, directed by John Miliauskas;
at 2:30; a Sing-Along at 3; Chil-|
dren’s fashions
3:15;
Hootenanny at 4.
then and now, at|
Polish = dancing at 3:30;
a folk songs, classical numbers,
|
=3plit Rail Laney“ on Friday,
Trucksville’s “Little Cow Palace”,
or
formally known, located across from
the firehall on Carverton Road, ad-
jacent to ‘the highway, has finally
found some likely tenants.
Pending ultimate transaction this
Monday, the larger side of the build-
ing, measuring’ 40 x 70, will be
the home of a new Economy Store
| Tracksville' s Little Cow Palace
To House Teen-haven And Market
|
supermarket, while the smaller side |
will be a teen-haven
Lint-fire Checked
Dr.
pany,
Dallas, responded to a call
--sort of a |
Henry M. Laing Fire Com- |
| if possible.
at the Hedden apartment house, |
after"
a woman complained of smoke bil- |
lowing from the cellar into her |
apartment. No fire was found, but
some lint in a clothes dryer was
suspected.
L-Jax Chorus
Lehman-Jackson Elementary Cho-
rus will present its annual spring
| program Friday night, in the gym-
nasium,
Greskiewicz, starting at 8.
Heard ‘in the “Songfest of Melody |
| sixth grade students. Offerings will |
| include patriotic songs,, spirituals,
and
songs from Mary Poppins.
| combination soda. fountain and rec-
the Mathers Building, as it is|
| Bruce Williams.
| At Lake, Carl Swanson, Piatt : 2d
|‘Sorber were voted out. Remaini .g,
| Willard Sutton and Molwyn Wil-
| liams.
| Ross Township: Charles Master
and Cletus Holcomb were voted out.
reation and meeting spot. | Directors remaining, Paul Crockett
Lessees will be Harry Roat, Jr. fan Michael Adams.
Carverton Road, and Ralph Wil- | In Noxen, one lone director re-
liams, Trucksville . Mr. Roat, asso- | mained, Franklin Patton. Out were
ciated with Roat Supply, Kingston, | Charles Womer, Ronald Fielding,
says that the deal is not complete, | William Bates, and Earl Crispell.
but should be ‘in the near fre, A letter from Harold O. Speidel,
hopefully early this coming week. | Deputy Superintendent of Pennsyl-
The men hope to find managers | vania Department of Instruction
for both enterprises, and will not | certified by letter that the jointute
actually run the market or teen-| Was now satisfactory, and the name
center themselves. For the latter, | of Lake-Lehman approved.
Mr. Roat told the Dallas Post, they | All members of the former 25-
would like to find a manager with , man board will retain their voting
recreation or guidance experience, | rights until July 1.
They may sit in on the meetings,
but without voting rights, until De-
Building. hag. begp..vacant. singe.
[last fall when it was finished. It ey pop
m iy
is owned by F. Gordon Mathers, MISCELLANEOUS
| ville was Gavy’s Market, which was
| construction plans for the new high-
under direction of Jean |
I'K i rucksvill pi
nob Hill, Fruchsyille, whe Scom od) An important step at Tuesday's
a number of possibilities for ten- | : 2 Bi)
ants, among them several well meshing was dropping of the Voca-
tional Agricultural program, with
| known local food store companies. :
| retention of a General Agricultural
The last grocery store in Trucks- Department. Only six seniors, three
juniors, and two sophomores were
| enrolled not enough to make it fin-
ancially practical to continue. John
Sidler, instructor, will be retained,
displaced in spring of 1964, after
way were altered. Trucksville cor-
ners, effectively the village 10 teaching in addition general science
passers-by on the highway, were and health, and on a ten-month
virtually be-reft of identification basis)
! when the work took its toll, 'in- |
| cluding
and Rhythm: will ‘be 100 fifth and office building.
|
Because grass and sod is not com-
pletely set on the baseball diamond,
and Lake-Lehman practice is reduc-
the Gavy-pharmacy-post- |
Now with a new
| firehall and municipal building, as
oe ed to a minimum, a request for
well as the ‘Little Cow Palace”, use of the field by Back Mountain
Trucksville has been rebuilt from | Teeners, voiced by Henry Tuck, had
the ground up. | to be refused.
Library Ruction Gets Off To Run ning Start At Kick- Off Dinner
bearing down
from the
Here they come,
upon the smorgasbord
right and from the left,
Annual © Library Kick-Of
Wednesday night at the Country
Club. Diners may look for them-
selves with a magnifying glass.
Chairmen of committee announc-
ed by Merrill Faegenburg, Auction
chairman, will be printed in next
week's Dallas Post.
Present were Mr.
as Reese, Mr. and Mrs.
Payne, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Buck-
ley, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bachman,
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Whitebread,
Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Ben H. Edwards, Mr.
man Harter, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell
Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs.
and Mrs. Thom-
George
Moyer, Mrs.
at the |
Dinner |
Faatz,
| Laura Miller,
and Mrs. Sher- |
}
and Mrs.
Francis J. Barry, Mr. and Dr. Les Jordan, ‘Arch |T. Galbraith, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Mrs. J. F. Sallada, Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. | Maslow, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wil-
Clyde W. Birth. { Howell, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Davern, | son.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Nauroth, Mr. | Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Jones, Mr. and | Mr. and Mrs. Frank Huttman, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Burns, Mr. and Mrs. | Mrs. Donald D Smith, Mrs. Elwood | and Mrs. James Dick, Mr. and Mrs.
Vince Roman, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Swingle, Mr. and Mrs. John La- James Houlette, Mr. and Mrs. L.
Corbett, Mr. and Mrs. E. Thomp-| Berge, Harry Lefko, Mr. and Mrs. | Rubino, Mr. and Mrs. J. Clinton,
son, Mrs. W. F. Newberry, Mrs. James B. Huston, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. | Rupert Schork, William Xearney,
Mary Chladek, Mr. and Mrs. Robert | Alfred Ackerson; Mr. and Mrs. Shel~ | Mrs: Hanford Eckman, Mr. and Mrs.
M. Scott, Mrs. Arthur
Mrs. J. B. Schooley,
Newman. | don Evans,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert | Archer
Joseph Morton, Mrs. | Titman, Mr.
Mohr, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Maturi, Mrs. and Mrs. A. W. West,
David N. Schooley. |Jchn W. Baur. | Mr. and . Mrs. Russell Frantz, Mr.
Mr. ahd Mrs. John L. Marsh, Mr.' Rey. Francis A. Kane, Mrs. Rich- | and Mrs. John Konsavage, Mr. and
and Mrs. Paul J. Laux, Mr. and ard M. Dale, Mr. and Mrs. Richard | Mrs. Ernest Gay, Mrs. Stanley S.
Mrs. Donald Anthony, Mr. and Mrs. Demmy, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Davies, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H.
Ornan Lamb, Frank Slaff, Fred Eck, | Faegenburg, Mr. and Mrs. William : Ross, Mr. and Mrs Herman. Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hazeltine, | Wright, Mr. and Mrs. George Mec-|{ Robert Dolbear, Thomas Kriedler,
Henry Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Du- Gardner, Rev. and Mrs. John Prat- | George H. Thomas, J. Bowden
relle T. Scott, Mrs. Thomas Heffer- er, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Maslow, | Northrup, William J. Umphred, Ray
Clyde A. ' nan, Catherine West. | Mr. and Mrs. John Bourke, Mrs. A. Parsons, Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks.
—photo by Kozemchak